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Jacques Dumesnil

Actor

Jacques Dumesnil

Born November 9, 1903 in Paris, FranceDied May 8, 199856 films

Jacques Dumesnil (born Marie Émile Eugène André Joly ; 9 November 1903 – 8 May 1998) was a French film and television actor. Jacques Dumesnil was born as Marie Émile Eugène André Joly on November 9, 1903, in Paris, France. Before becoming an actor, he received training as a mechanical engineer. After starting as a secretary at the aviation school, he became an industrial designer, a profession he left to devote himself to the theater.

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He adopted the pseudonym Dumesnil because of the admiration he had to French actor Camille Dumény. He started out as a fanciful singer in a café located in Paris Place de l'Hôtel de Ville , he was paid in sandwiches and glasses of beer.

Dumesnil started on stage in 1927 and divided his career between theater and cinema. Having spent two years at the Comédie-Française , he played among other things in Les Tontons flingueurs and provided the French voice of Charlie Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux (1947) and A King in New York (1957).

His role as Duke of Plessis-Vaudreuil in the television series Au Plaisir de Dieu , earned him a resurgence of popularity and the 7 d'Or for best actor.

Jacques Dumesnil had a son, Pierre Joly dit Dumesnil , who was a French swimming champion and participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Finland.

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Crooks in Clover posterFirst watchCrooks in Clover19637.7as Louis « le Mexicain »An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican.View film

Essential films

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Ulysses poster6.6Ulysses1954

Filmography

56 films as actor
  1. 1964Que personne ne sortePolice director
  2. 1963Crooks in CloverLouis « le Mexicain »
  3. 1963Horace 62Old Horace
  4. 1962The HideoutGarnier, director
  5. 1961Secret File 1413Docteur Pira
  6. 1961Famous Love AffairsHans, le bourreau
  7. 1961Première brigade criminelleCommissioner Masson
  8. 1961¿Pena de muerte?Pablo's father
  9. 1960La tricheuse
  10. 1958La P..... sentimentalePierre Berger
  11. 1958Life TogetherLe docteur Henri Girane
  12. 1958Le MisanthropeAlceste
  13. 1957The Seventh CommandmentGilbert Odet
  14. 1956Plucking the DaisyGeneral Dumont
  15. 1956If Paris Were Told to UsRichelieu
  16. 1955NapoleonMarshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
  17. 1954The Count of Bragelonned'Artagnan
  18. 1954UlyssesAlcinous
  19. 1951AnnaProfessor Ferri
  20. 1950Julie de CarneilhanLéon de Carneilhan
  21. 1949The Farm of Seven SinsPaul-Louis Courier
  22. 194956, rue PigalleJean Vigneron
  23. 1947Trafiquants de la merL'inspecteur principal Gardy
  24. 1947La Dernière chevauchéeAndré Valérian
  25. 1947RumorsJean
  26. 1946Women's GamesStanislas
  27. 1945Father Serge
  28. 1945The Great PackCôme de Lambrefaut
  29. 1944Night ShiftPierre Jansen
  30. 1944Le bal des passantsClaude Amadieu
  31. 1944Sowing the WindThe sculptor Bruno Horp
  32. 1943Pierre and JeanMarchat
  33. 1943Malaria
  34. 1943SecretsPierre
  35. 1943White WingsGérard Clairval
  36. 1942Twisted MistressGuy Carbonnel
  37. 1942The Marriage of ChiffonMax de Bray
  38. 1942BoléroGeorges
  39. 1940African DiaryLe lieutenant Parent
  40. 1940Two WomenGomar
  41. 1939Yamilé Under the CedarsOsman Hel Hussein
  42. 1939Behind the FacadeAlbert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
  43. 1938Return at DawnDick Farmer aka 'Keith'
  44. 1938Marked GirlsLawyer
  45. 1938Rail PiratesRolland
  46. 1937Le cœur disposeBaron Houzier
  47. 1936Bach the DetectiveStefani
  48. 1935Lucrezia BorgiaGiannino Sforza, Duke of Milano
  49. 1935Un homme de trop à bordClay
  50. 1934The King of the Champs-ÉlyséesGangster
  51. 19343 of the navy
  52. 1934L’OrMalescot
  53. 1934La Belle de NuitJean Fournier
  54. 1933The IronmasterGaston de Bligny
  55. 1932Danton
  56. 1932Mon amant l'assassinBondizi